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Kanye West

Contemporary R&B
Contemporary R&BGospelHip hop

Kanye West is a Contemporary R&B and Gospel act. Their catalogue also touches Hip hop, House and Pop. Their sound grew out of Cassius, serpentwithfeet, Lil Reese, Drumma Boy and Sister Nancy. Those roots explain a lot about how Kanye West arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as KIDS SEE GHOSTS, Ty Dolla $ign, Travi$ Scott, King Combs and Consequence, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Montell Fish, JPEGMAFIA, Weekend, James Blake and Sunday Service Choir, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 392 connections around Kanye West, reaching back through Cassius and forward to Montell Fish. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Kanye WestCassiusserpentwithfeetLil ReeseDrumma BoySister NancyPopcaanYoung FolksYoung ChopMontell FishJPEGMAFIAWeekendJames BlakeSunday Service ChoirBiSHRauryCastles CrumblingKIDS SEE GHOSTSTy Dolla $ignTravi$ ScottKing CombsConsequenceA$AP RockyPusha TDrake

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Kanye West connections

Kanye West grew out of Cassius, serpentwithfeet, Lil Reese and Drumma Boy, shares an orbit with KIDS SEE GHOSTS, Ty Dolla $ign, Travi$ Scott and King Combs, went on to shape Montell Fish, JPEGMAFIA, Weekend and James Blake. 392 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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